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SUMMARY:David Schneider: Crowded by Beauty
DESCRIPTION:DIESEL\, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes David Schneider to the store to discuss and sign\, Crowded by Beauty: The Life and Zen of Poet Philip Whalen\, on Wednesday\, May 25th at 7:00pm. \nPhilip Whalen was an American poet\, Zen Buddhist\, and key figure in the literary and artistic scene that unfolded in San Francisco in the 1950s and 60s. When the Beat writers came West\, Whalen became a revered\, much-loved member of the group. Erudite\, shy\, and profoundly spiritual\, his presence not only moved his immediate circle of Beat cohorts\, but his powerful\, startling\, innovative work would come to impact American poetry to the present day.\nDrawing on Whalen’s journals and personal correspondence\, particularly with Ginsberg\, Kerouac\, Snyder\, Kyger\, Welch\, and McClure\, David Schneider shows how deeply bonded these intimates were\, supporting one another in their art and their spiritual paths. Schneider\, himself an ordained priest\, provides an insider’s view of Whalen’s struggles and breakthroughs in his thirty years as a Zen monk. When Whalen died in 2002 as the retired Abbot of the Hartford Street Zen Center\, his own teacher referred to him as a patriarch of the Western lineage of Buddhism. Crowded by Beauty chronicles the course of Whalen’s life\, focusing on his unique\, eccentric\, humorous\, and literary-religious practice. \nDavid Schneider is the author of Street Zen: The Life and Work of Issan Dorsey. He was ordained as a Zen priest in 1977 and made an Acharya of Shambhala in 1995\, a role in which he continues.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/david-schneider-crowded-by-beauty/
LOCATION:DIESEL\, A Bookstore\, 5433 College Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94618\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Rosalind Brackenbury: The Third Swimmer
DESCRIPTION:This is the story of a marriage between two Britons\, Olivia and Thomas. The first part of the novel takes place in London\, on the brink of war\, bracing for invasion. It ends with a bomb that would have killed Olivia\, had Olivia not been spending the night with her married lover\, Felix. Prior to spending her final night with Felix\, Olivia has accepted a proposal of marriage from Thomas\, a more suitable life partner. Part Two opens in 1952\, after the war\, but with the effects of the war still haunting the survivors as well as the landscape. Thomas and Olivia\, now married with children\, have traveled to the south coast of France\, to have what might be their delayed honeymoon. But their marriage has cooled down almost to the point of dying out. The central event of the novel is an attempt by Thomas to rescue a stranger seen drowning out at sea. The couple’s future will depend on the outcome of this impetuous act of bravery. \nRosalind Brackenbury is the author of many novels and collections of poetry. In 2015 she was named Poet Laueate of Key West\, Florida. She has worked as a teacher\, a book reviewer\, a deck hand\, a mother\, and a college professor. She lives in Key West and spends part of each year in France.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/rosalind-brackenbury-the-third-swimmer/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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